Close Close
Sign In
Newsletters
Popular Financial Topics Discover relevant content from across the suite of ALM legal publications From the Industry More content from ThinkAdvisor and select sponsors Investment Advisor Issue Gallery Read digital editions of Investment Advisor Magazine Tax Facts Get clear, current, and reliable answers to pressing tax questions
Luminaries Awards
Podcast Center Video Center Webcasts Resource Center Events
About ThinkAdvisor Contact Us Advertise With Us Asset & Logo Licensing Sitemap Terms of Service Privacy Policy Copyright © 2024 ALM Global, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
ThinkAdvisor

Regulation and Compliance > Federal Regulation > SEC

SEC's CIO Retiring to Pursue Ordination as a Deacon

By Janet Levaux

X
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.

The SEC’s chief information officer, Charles Boucher, is leaving the agency, after serving in this post since 2008, the SEC said July 12. Boucher plans to focus on non-profit work and religious studies as he prepares for ordination as a deacon.

As CIO, Boucher managed all of the SEC’s information technology programs and systems. This included application development, infrastructure operations, enterprise architecture, security and user support – most notably the EDGAR system, which provides investors with access to millions of public company financial statements and other corporate filings.

“Effective securities regulation depends in large part on making sense of the immense volume of data generated in our securities markets,” said SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro in a press release. “Charlie has played an important role in building a platform to implement our new system for reviewing complaints, tips and investigative leads provided by whistleblowers or other sources.”

According to the SEC, Boucher led the agency’s IT staff in the beginning of its efforts to revamp systems for reviewing tips, complaints, and referrals.

“I regard my time with the SEC as having been among the most important and rewarding of my career. It has been an honor to contribute during these challenging times, and to serve with people of the highest caliber,” Boucher said in a statement. “Our country, and the world, benefit from the leadership this agency is providing to reform and better regulate our financial markets, so that they continue to expand economic opportunities for all people, and so that investors are protected.”

Before coming to the SEC, Boucher was an executive director at Morgan Stanley and a senior vice president and CIO of Standard & Poor’s. He also worked form Salomon Brothers and Chase Manhattan.

NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.